A steamed bun costs a penny, and the baked cake is two copper plates.

After buying two steamed buns, I will be given a bowl of gruel.

Hai Lao Boxer secretly calculated in his heart, in fact, he had calculated several times.

In the morning in the inn, the family of three of Hai Lao Boxer ate three steamed buns, two baked cakes, and bought two steamed buns to eat on the road, and the store sent three bowls of porridge, and the breakfast cost Bawen copper plate.

Coupled with the cost of staying in the hotel last night, I shared 35 yuan. Now, there are only thirty-three copper coins left on the Hailao boxer, and if he eats one more meal, it will not be enough to spend a day's stay in the hotel.

But fortunately, Wuyang City is almost here.

At this time, it was early spring in February, the weather was still cold, and there were not many pedestrians on the Xiangxi Ancient Road.

There is still residual snow on the bluestone. Between the not wide loess roads, the weeds that have long withered are also showing a hint of revival.

The long road is winding, and there is no end in sight, and there is no end in sight.

This is the horse road.

Fresh clothes and angry horses, swords and rivers and lakes;

Ten steps and one person, blood splashed for thousands of miles!

It's a pity that there are not many heroic sword immortals in this world, and they only exist in legends, and no one has really seen them.

The vast majority of people in the rivers and lakes are not so enthusiastic and free-spirited, and they still have to run around for three meals a day. Life is not easy for everyone!

Hai Changqing is such a Jianghu person.

Hai Lao boxer is fifty and six this year, and when he was young, he protected the hospital, guarded the bodyguard, drove the cart, and transported illicit salt. Although "Haijia Boxing" is not a martial arts stunt, in the hands of Hai Changqing, it has also made a little name within a radius of 100 miles.

At the age of thirty-eight, he returned to his hometown, married a wife and had children, opened a "Haijia Boxing Gym" in "Qingping Town", taught some boxing sticks, and lived a stable life for a few years. After his wife passed away, Hai Lao boxer dragged a pair of children to grow up, thinking that he would be able to live the rest of his life in his hometown. Who would have expected that in the past few years, there have been major droughts in Xiangxi, and the villagers have not been able to guarantee food and clothing, where can they have spare money to learn boxing and practice martial arts?

Although the winter is cold, everyone in the countryside knows that the hardest thing to endure is actually spring.

The poor man's rice is exhausted, and he can't open the pot.

Even if it is a landlord's family, there is no surplus grain.

Seeing that a disciple of Zuihou in the boxing gym left absolutely, Hai Lao Boxer turned his heart sideways, gritted his teeth and closed the "Haijia Boxing Gym", sold it softly, made up a little coil, and took his children on the road to Wuyang City to beg for a living.

If it weren't for the compulsion of life these days, who would want to leave their homeland?

Fortunately, Hai Changqing broke through the rivers and lakes in the past, and he still has brothers!

The righteous brother Yan Zhenbei had a friendship with Hai Lao boxer who kowtowed and exchanged his life, and opened a "Five Tiger Dart Bureau" in Wuyang City.

The name of the dart game is "Five Tigers", not that there are five tigers in the dart game, but because the "Five Tigers Broken Door Knife Method" of Yan Zhenbei, the head of the dart, is profound, and there is no opponent outside the city in Wuyang City.

The elder brother is in trouble now, and Yan Zhenbei, who is a brother, has no reason not to help.

Son Hai Dashan only learned the ability of seven or eight points when Hai Changqing was in his prime, and his daughter Hai Hongzhu was weaker, at most he was only four or five at the time.

In fact, when Hai Lao Boxer first came out, he was afraid that his martial arts were not as good as his children!

After walking on the official road for more than 20 days, seeing that it was not far from Wuyang Chengguan, he must be able to enter the city at dusk to find his brother Yan Zhenbei, Hai Lao Boxer's heart gradually widened, and a pair of tired feet did not seem to be as sore as before.

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※, "Daddy, how far is Wuyang City, we have been on the road for three hours, could it be that we missed the accommodation?"

"Zhu'er is always in such a hurry," said the old boxer, "look at your eldest brother, he is much calmer than you." ”

Hai Hongzhu snorted and said, "Big brother is a stuffy gourd, and he can't say a word with eight sticks, how can I compare with him!"

Hai Lao Boxer smiled and said, "Your eldest brother is a little less talkative, but he is a solid and steady person, although you are smart and clever, when it comes to dealing with people, you are really not as good as your eldest brother." ”

Hearing Hai Lao Boxer's praise of the eldest brother, Hai Hongzhu snorted again, obviously disapproving, Hai Dashan heard his father's praise, but he still didn't say a word, it seems that it is indeed appropriate to be called a stuffy gourd.

Hai Lao Boxer restrained his smile and said: "You have never been out of the house, you don't know the sinister on the rivers and lakes, not to mention that your martial arts have not been successful, even those martial artists who have been famous for many years, most of them are cautious and low-key." There are countless strong people in this world, and some masters have weird tempers, and they will hurt people if they don't agree with each other, and it is okay to take people's lives, but we can't provoke them. ”

"Our kung fu hasn't been practiced yet, so naturally we have to be careful," Hai Hongzhu said, "But there must not be many people in the rivers and lakes who can compare with you like Daddy, and Uncle Yan of the Five Tigers Dart Bureau is a master of the mighty rivers and lakes, if you really meet a strong man and say Uncle Yan's name, who else dares to do it to us?"

Hai Lao Boxer shook his head and said: "Zhu'er also thinks too highly of Daddy, your Daddy's kung fu is only in the middle of the rivers and lakes at most, our Haijia Boxing is indeed the real material, but your Daddy and I are old, where can we compare with those young people." ”

He paused for a moment, and then said: "But speaking of your Uncle Yan, he is indeed a master of the Weizhen side in Wuyang City, and the Five Tiger Darts Bureau has been on the ground in Xiangxi for decades, and he has to sell him a little bit of face regardless of the underworld or the white way." It's been more than 10 years since I last saw him, and I don't know ...... he is now."

Hai Changqing sighed and stopped talking, probably remembering the past when he roamed the rivers and lakes many years ago.

Seeing that his father didn't speak, Hai Hongzhu didn't ask anymore.

Hai Hongzhu is seventeen years old, although he grew up in a small place in the countryside, his appearance is quite beautiful, and his personality is lively and cheerful.

This family move is more like a long-distance spring outing in her eyes.

And her brother Hai Dashan is only two years older than Hai Hongzhu, but he is much more mature. He is not tall, dark-skinned, sturdy, with a long knife on his back, following behind his father and little sister, his pace is extremely steady, obviously the kung fu under his feet is not weak, and his gestures show a bit of martial artistry.

Xiangxi official road was originally the largest carriageway in this area. In previous years, the carriages, horses and pedestrians on this road would not be so scarce, but in recent years, there has been a great drought, not to mention the villages and towns in the countryside, even the shops in Wuyang City have closed down a lot, so this official road will be so desolate.

"Dashan, Zhu'er, let's walk a few more miles to see if there are any tea shops and restaurants. "If there is, let's go in and rest, but if there isn't, let's find a shady place on the side of the road to eat some dry food and continue on our way." ”

"Where can there be any restaurants in this wilderness?" said Hai Hongzhu, "I think it's just a place to rest behind the small hill in front of me." ”

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ Hai Hongzhu didn't actually say it right.

As soon as they turned a bend in front of the hill, they saw a wine flag not far in front of the official road, and they could vaguely distinguish the words "Thirty Mile Wine Shop" written on the apricot yellow flag.

"Hey, there's a tavern in front!" Hai Hongzhu saw the wine flag and said happily, "There must be something to eat there, we don't have to eat dry food!"

It is indeed a rare thing to see a tavern on this desolate official road, and what is even more rare is that there are many people gathered in front of the tavern. The three members of the Hai family walked all the way from the official road, and they met less than three or five pedestrians in the morning, but there were thirty or forty people around the door of this tavern, and even four big cars were parked.

Before the three of them could get closer, they heard a commotion from the group of people in front of them, and a rough voice shouted:

"Where did the thief come out, and he dared to block the dart car of our Five Tigers Dart Bureau, isn't it too long!"

Then I heard a loud bang, and a big man flew out of the crowd!

Man is not a bird, so naturally he cannot fly.

The big man flipped two heels in the air, then his face down, he fell down heavily, and rolled straight out of more than a foot away, and then he fell straight to the ground and stopped moving!

A voice said slowly: "What a bullshit dart game, you don't clean your mouth to the masters, this kid is a role model!"

Hai Lao Boxer was startled, and hurriedly pulled his children into the crowd on the side of the road, this kind of fighting in the rivers and lakes is not something they can touch.

I saw a huge log in front of the door of the wine shop, which just blocked the entire official road.

On top of the giant tree stood five men in black suits, all wearing veils on their faces, and their faces could not be seen clearly. These people all had bright steel knives hanging from their waists, and they were obviously not good people.

The four carts outside the giant tree are all embroidered with the "Five Tigers" on the penang dart flag, which is the dart car of the Five Tigers Dart Bureau, and more than a dozen men standing around the dart car, dressed in yellow clothes and waist and crotch weapons, are all dart masters.

In addition to this dart team, there are also many warriors in different clothes standing on the side of the road, but many passing Jianghu tourists are also blocked here.

The big man who fell out of the crowd just now saw that the clothes were the people in the five tiger darts line, and for some reason, he was knocked away in one move. Out of the dart team, two men ran to the man to inspect his companion's injuries.

I saw a man in black standing in the middle of the giant tree touching his wrist, as if he didn't use much strength to punch the man away just now, he glanced at the crowd in front of him, and said in a slow voice:

"The chief scoop of the Hubei Underworld Alliance has an order, and the official roads on all sides of Wuyang City have recently banned the passage of Jianghu people and others, and those who violate the order will be killed!"

When the underworld shili wants to do a big case of murder and goods in a certain area, he will often send people to strictly guard the relevant roads, so as to prevent other Jianghu people from breaking into it and ruining the business, which is the so-called "road closure".

The "Hubei Underworld Alliance" is an alliance organization of many underworld gangs in a province, and the business they have to do is definitely not small!

Hai Lao Boxer couldn't help but feel angry when he heard it.

The road was blocked in front, and the family of three of Hai Lao Boxer was afraid that they would not be able to catch up with Wuyang City today. Coming all the way from the countryside, Hai Changqing didn't have much money around him, and now there are only thirty-three copper coins left, Zaijian doesn't have a righteous brother, but he is afraid that the whole family will be hungry.

I just hope that this underworld alliance business will not be done for too long!

But I heard a middle-aged man dressed as a martial artist next to him snort and whispered: "This Hubei underworld is too domineering, this Wuyang City is in Xiangxi, even if there is any business on the road, it will not be the turn of the Hubei underworld to close the road! Not to mention that in a few days, it will be the day when the 'Five Tiger Heroes Conference' in Wuyang City will be held, and they will block this road, so won't no one be able to go to the Heroes Conference?"

"Hehe, brother Tai, don't be in a hurry, how can this road be sealed if they say it?" But another pock-faced man with a long sword on his back said, "This Wuyang City is the territory of the 'Four Evils of Xiangxi', they dare to stop the dart cart of the Five Tigers Dart Bureau, but they may not dare to offend the four gangs in Wuyang City." Wait and see, there will be a good show here in less than a moment. ”

"That's not bad," the middle-aged martial artist said, "The four evils in this Wuyang City are not easy to match, how can they allow the underworld in Hubei to bully them, and there will be a battle at that time." However, it is better for me to wait for the passers-by to stand farther away, so as not to be implicated. ”

After listening to the conversation between the two, the three members of the Hai family also had a general understanding of the situation here. 海红珠 says:

"Daddy, this Hubei Realm Underworld Alliance is really domineering, isn't the Five Tigers Dart Game Uncle Yan's Dart Game, why don't we go and say hello and break up this group of strongmen together?"

"Don't mess around!" Hai Lao Boxer grabbed his daughter and said, "How can we manage this underworld matter, don't you want to get into trouble!"

But he saw a man come out of the dart team and come to the giant tree. This person is in his forties, with a strong figure, quite steady steps, dressed in the clothes of a five-tiger dart master, and a thick-backed machete about four feet long behind him, but it is very eye-catching.

He hugged his fists at the five masked people on the giant tree and said, "Miao Youwu, the deputy head of the Lower Five Tiger Dart Bureau, meet all friends on the road!"

"Miao Youwu, have you heard of this person?" The black-clothed masked man led by him did not return the salute, but asked casually to both sides.

"Nope. A man in black beside him replied, "This five-tiger dart game is that Yan Lao'er has some ability, and the others are all three-legged cat tricks, which are not worth mentioning!"

The man in black at the head snorted coldly and stopped talking.

But seeing that the dart head Miao Youwu's face changed, he was obviously extremely annoyed. But after all, he was a ** lake, and he immediately held back and did not attack, but said:

"My five tiger darts in Hunan and Hubei have been taking darts for a long time, for friends in Hubei has never been less courteous, there is also a supply of silver taels during the New Year's holidays, and many friends give a few thin noodles, more than ten years in Hunan and Hubei darts have not lost the wind. I just don't know which mountain these friends are brothers in Hubei, and another day someone from Miao will go up to the mountain to pay a visit and give a generous gift to show their gratitude!"

Miao Youwu has been walking darts for many years and knows the way of life.

Although the characters on this underworld seem to be strong, they generally do not embarrass the passing dart convoy as long as they are kind and discussive. If you have to fight to the death with robbers every time you cross a mountain, no matter how many dart masters are afraid that they will not be enough to be killed or injured. Therefore, although he didn't know why the underworld in Hubei came to Xiangxi to close the road, and he injured one of his executioners as soon as he made a move, he still took forbearance as the top and didn't want to tear his face.

The leader of the black-clothed masked man glanced at Miao Youwu and said, "The chief scoop commander ordered that the people of the rivers and lakes are forbidden to walk outside Wuyang City, how can your little Five Tiger Dart Bureau be an exception, who can afford to break the rules!"

He squinted at the team of dart carts, and said: "For the sake of your dart bureau having money and filial piety to friends on the road, I don't covet your carloads of darts, you people only need to leave their weapons and dart flags here, even if you are not from the rivers and lakes, how about the masters let your convoy pass?"

As soon as these words came out, even if Miao Youwu had not yet attacked, the group of dart masters behind him couldn't hold it back.

Although the dart game is reluctant to form a grudge with the strongmen on the underworld, it must also save some face for both sides. If the weapons and dart flags are left, not to mention that if this group of black-clothed people turn their faces and raid everyone without weapons, it will be difficult to parry, even if they are really disarmed like this and pass through the country naked, not only will the Five Tigers Dart Bureau lose face, but these dart masters may not have the face to mix in the rivers and lakes anymore.

Miao Youwu, the deputy dart head, turned his face sink, and said angrily: "So this friend must be embarrassed by my Five Tiger Dart Bureau?"

The leader of the men in black smiled and said, "I let you put down your blades and go over, just to leave you a way to live, do you really want to find death!"

Miao Youwu snorted, turned over his hand and pulled out the machete behind his back, and said, "Since that's the case, I'll have to learn your tricks!"

I saw a few brushes, and all the dart masters drew their weapons and put on an offensive stance, seeing that a melee was about to start.

Although Miao Youwu is conceited and his martial arts are not weak, but just now the man in black knocked the dart team's runner away with a punch, obviously Liliang is amazing, and Miao Youwu may not be able to win under the heads-up. Therefore, he had already instructed his dart masters before he came forward to negotiate with the men in black, and when he wanted to make a move, everyone would rush together, their dart team had a total of thirteen dart masters, and there were only five men in black on the giant tree, which was more than enough to fight with two enemies and one in a group.